Facilities and resources
Labs
Structures Lab: The structures lab is used to determine the strength properties of materials, components and structures. Test specimens are subjected to static or dynamic loads in order to determine ultimate loads, proof loading, fatigue rating or a combination of these. The structures lab provides a highly adaptive environment for testing and a wide range of testing conditions.
Environmental Lab: The environmental lab is used for both teaching and graduate research. Students get the opportunity to work on the biodegradation of contaminants, waste water treatment technologies, determination of organic and inorganic contamination in soil and water, air and water quality monitoring, and exhaust gas emission analysis.
Thermo-Fluids Lab: The thermo-fluids laboratory has
several labs related to thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid
dynamics. The laboratory contains two thermodynamic cycles: a steam
power cycle and a vapour compression refrigeration cycle. The steam
power cycle is a small scale version of the cycle that could be
used in a thermal-electric generating plant. The refrigeration
cycle is a model of the cycle used in a home refrigerator, an
air-conditioner, and a heat pump. The lab is also equipped with an
engine dynamometer, for measuring the power and torque output of a
car engine and the specific fuel consumption of the engine, as well
as a test facility to test heat sinks, for example the heat sinks
used on computer chips.Computer Engineering Research Lab: CERL encompasses the Centre for Digital Hardware Applications Research (CDHAR), the Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL) and the Multimedia Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory (MCL). In terms of equipment, the lab contains eight high-end IBM Aptivas, a DEC Alpha server, two Sun workstations, a Silicon Graphics workstation and almost a dozen other PCs. Some supported operating systems in the labs are Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, FreeBSD, Linux and Digital and Solaris UNIX. Software available includes Visual C++, MATLAB, and Xilinx. Research conducted in the lab covers the hardware implementation of cryptographic algorithms, various image processing projects, software engineering and simulation of broadband communications networks, to name just a few.
Multiphase Flow Lab: This lab supports the research and development needs of the province's oil and gas sector. Real time information of the individual flow rates of oil, water, and natural gas is essential for improved reservoir management and maximized recovery. Using the lab, INSTRUMAR Ltd. and C-CORE/MUN are jointly developing and prototyping an electroquasistatic Multi-Phase Flow Meter to measure in real time the individual oil-water-gas flow rates of unprocessed oil well streams. Laboratory facilities include a flow loop B and a 65-metre re-circulating open circuit system constructed of 3-inch diameter PVC pipe.